The battle of the Atlantic, John Costello & Terry Hughes. 1977

314pp, index; e/p maps, fully illustrated with b/w photos; hardcover in dust jacket; very good condition. The battle of the Atlantic raged for five years and eight months, the most bitterly fought campaign of the Second World War, at the cost of 781 U Boats and 32 thousand lives the Germans succeeded in sinking 2,828 allied merchant vessels and 197 British and American warships. Publisher: Collins. London. 1977. Seller in Spain.